EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.34 released

Version 7.0.32 was released on November 19, see blog announcement:

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.32 released — November 19, 2025

Here are the highlights since 7.0.32:

• usbutils and mesa-utils packages added — December 04, 2025
• Combo-kernel-modules-firmware PET package — December 04, 2025
• Keyboard shortcuts plugin for SpaceFM — November 28, 2025
• Support for AVIF image format — November 28, 2025
• Purged old aufs whiteout files — November 25, 2025
• Invalid missing dependencies in PKGget — November 21, 2025
• Osmo crash fix — November 21, 2025
• Show/hide password checkbox when mount partition — November 20, 2025

Download:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.0.34/

The "combo-kernel-modules-firmware-k6p6p118" PET package is just "putting a toe in the water" (before jumping in). You can install it; do a search for "combo-" in PKGget, then reboot, and do save the session at shutdown. Next bootup will be running the 6.6.118 kernel.

This is for anyone who suspects their computer might be happier with an older kernel.

Revert back to the default kernel, currently 6.12.57.1, by uninstalling the "combo-*" package.

This is for experimenting. At next EasyOS version update, the kernel will revert to the default. To keep the old kernel, you would need to copy /boot/vmlinuz-6.6.118 to /mnt/wkg/vmlinuz

If we like this ability to run a different kernel, will need to think of a formal mechanism to support it. Perhaps the Shutdown menu could have "Choose kernel". And of course whatever you choose, it would have to persist across a EasyOS version update.

Forum discussion welcome:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=161211#p161211

Have fun!   

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